Word: lurking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bivalve in a deathly grip and tug until Ostrea Virginica in a moment of exhausted abandon opens his shell and allows himself to glide into the starfish's protuberant stomach. Oystermen have learned to clear the water of starfish by using a long mop, but other foes lurk beneath the surface. There are snailfish molluscs known as drills, borers, whelks and conches that congregate upon the oyster in such masses that they smother him. And the drum fish, sometimes several feet long, has such stout teeth that he can crush the oyster, shell and all. Attempts have been made...